Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1887-10-21

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Tho ma onss of the Chinese nor
chiats aud business men iu San Fran.
Cisco, lka those til Gotlan's Celestial
district. csa reai and write the Engllsn
luagua-c. uud quite 90 number OF tuem
enc Subscribers TO tho daily papers.
That those. however. Who me not so
gifted rlv haye au opportunity OF
knowing What is transport s ~ inc
busy world, there are ct tho present
time four newspapers printed nm Cll-
ntse characters regularly published u
san Francisco They 0ro all ISSUED
weekly, and have an average circula.
ton o 2,510 copies. The majority OF
these papers nru sent into tho interior
OF tile state. to Washington Territory,
British Columbia and the Sandwich
Islands. only about one-ifth OF the
whole number are taken in the city.
The subscription price Of each Is 500
per anuum, delivered by carriers in the
city, and 50 q vcar if sent through the
mails to- the country or abroad.
The oldest paper Of the quartet IS
the Recorder, published by Nun hoo
n Go. 1t has been in existence eight
teen years, and has e. subscription list
Of $50, of which eighty are delivered IN
the city, and the remainder m lied to
the interior. Nun kce, its first editor
and proprietor, made a fortune out OF
the beUrdeE Selling out three years
ugo lie returned to China to spend his
/ declining years The oriental is pub
/ Ilshcd by Wash kce q Co II has been
IN existence five years, aud has a circu-
alton OF about 400. The Weekly Occt-
dental is now in its fourth year, and
/ Horn, Hong a Co, its proprietors,
claim That it is the live paper and has
the Largest circulation" 1t has 200
city subscribers and 500 in the country.
1 Cum shoe, it's translator and reporter
! is well educated in English and Chi
/ nese, and moth ne Of interest occurs in
tho Chinese quarter that he does not
report for the paper which he repre-
/ scnts. The OccdeidW publishes the
] latest Chinese Jokes. Some of them
are SO good that readers do net stop
laughing at them from one publication
/ day to another
i The Americ0lJ dlJd Chinese Com
pterct0l NerS, the latest aspirant for
/ journalistic honors among the Chinese,
+ was started by Suey kce hee Il Co., q
/ little over three years ago. Its propri-
etors intended to rcvolutioni2e the
i Chinese newspaper business ia this
! city, and engaged a large staff of re-
porters, etc. Their purse, however,
/ was not as large as then IDEAS, and j
! year ago they gracefully retired i he
! present proprietors now have the paper
i on paying basis, and claim q circula-
ton of 700, The title Of the paper is
printed in old Boman text. and above
/ 1t is a representation OF flaming
dragon
The staff of a Chinese newsDaDer
consists usually of four norsons WI
Au editor. sub-e,litor . t,anslotor
and printer o, ,,resep,In M Ito
and the sub-oditor are oeneraII 81. tbenro.
prietors. ana eacb usunllva.Iits ono-boIt
/ the papor Tbo +,oneIgtn,. ;s = ,nost
iuport1rt pel4ou Uis dul,o,' ora a.
i pick tn neyvs around tbn Chinese NAV
/ fers and road carafnII, tLo N,,,o,.i,,,,
daily papers. From these bo emil.
4 the market renorts accounts ~ 0uf.
races on Chinese The l,ossa.,os ~ ON,
laws and ordinances norticularIv affect.
/ inc tbe C,binaan ma ony otI,nr ito,na
! which he think. will in+1ra.t Tia oo,,n-
! trvmen Mes he tr,nsIato5 MO CLi
ucse elaractar. ana honJs tl,o,a to tLa
editors. Tba elitors CON- tLe cbaran.
! tors So sIlp1,Iia,I them Win tLc or1inar
/ Chinese pop and speciallv prepnrod
ink on which is called transfer naDer
/ The sheet of transfer pappr is fine s1me
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